The iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Robot vacuums remove pet hair, lint, and dust from the floor before they settle. They also can avoid stairs and other obstacles like furniture that can tip.

Most robotic vacs require some maintenance, such as emptying (and occasionally, robotvacuummops.com rinsing) the bin and wiping sensors and cameras. Also, they need to be connected to the power source. A lot of them have apps for smartphones for scheduling, setting and more.

iRobot Roomba 980

The iRobot Roomba 980 is the latest model in the line of top-of-the-line robot vacuum cleaners that are a staple in any modern home. This model is equipped with a HEPA-filter to help those who are allergic. On top of that it also comes with a powerful battery that can clean for up to two hours and it automatically returns to its dock when its bin is full.

It also has the feature of smart mapping that uses multiple sensors to determine the areas in your home that require attention and create a cleaning path around them. This technology is extremely effective at navigating around toys that have been left on the floor or furniture legs sticking out from underneath things. It also has a camera that will snap the Roomba back to reality when it starts to drift from its intended location.

iRobot also added an additional set of rollers beneath the Roomba that don't have bristles and are therefore more likely to avoid knots than earlier models. The rollers are also larger and can fit under beds or couches with low sides. They're designed to make this model more adaptable to different floor types.

The Roomba 980 differs from other models with a high-end price tag by its brand new dirt detection feature that makes use of cameras to detect embedded dirt. This is an improvement over the previous version that relied on an algorithm that was driven by sensors to bounce around the room and clean the area three times, at different angles.

The Roomba 980 performed well in our tests on carpets and hard floors. Its score on the low pile carpet was very good and it got a very high score on mid pile, too. It did a good job of removing pet hair, but it was struggling with very thick and long pet fur that was clumped together.

Despite these minor shortcomings, the Roomba 980 remains one of our best-performing robots, and isn't even nearly as expensive as the other top-of-the-line models in this list. It comes with many of the features you would expect from a top model, but it doesn't have all the fancy apps or home integration that you'll get from other top models.

The iRobot Roomba can be set up in a matter of minutes and is ready to use right away. After taking off the battery pull tab and yellow bin insert from its undercarriage, all you need to connect it to its Home Base docking station or an outlet on the wall, press its large "Clean" button and let it get to work. It will automatically return to the dock when it has run out of battery or becomes full of sand. There are also indicator lights on top that show when its bin is empty, or when it needs to recharge, or if it loses Wi-Fi.